Could Mike Brown coach a telephone pole if he didn't have LeKing Kong James?

The General · 05-06-09, 02:44 AM

Most so called great coaches in NBA have great player(s) to cover their rear ends.

The General · 05-06-09, 02:46 AM

Really, how many 'Plays' are there to draw on the chalk board? Most of the time, everything looks the same, except some players execute/perform and others do not.

MilfDriller · 05-06-09, 02:47 AM

True, but Phil Jackson, Adelman, Larry Brown.. these guys can coach.

MilfDriller · 05-06-09, 02:47 AM

U of Mich coach can really coach. X and O genius....

However, take that guy from UAB.... he is the quintessential Mike Brown.

The General · 05-06-09, 02:49 AM

Regarding Phil Jackson, he seems to go where the players are.

MilfDriller · 05-06-09, 02:52 AM

True. In that sense he is smart... only play with a loaded deck.... a la Jordan and Shaq... but he can X and O it.

The General · 05-06-09, 02:55 AM

Bobby Knight can coach, but he cannot do his best when the 3-point shot kills his X's and O' when working the ball and getting a good 2-point lane shot or easy lay-up. The other team walks down, takes a long range tri and they are up 3-2. I have Never liked the 3-point shot, not even 1980-1981 w/ Alford, the 1st year I think we had the shot in college.

The General · 05-06-09, 02:55 AM

TRIVIA on the 3-pointer subject.

A First in NCAA Basketball

Western's Ronnie Carr made the first intercollegiate 3-point shot

Honoring the Past - the 25th Anniversary of "the Shot"

RONNIE CARR
• MADE COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S FIRST 3-POINT SHOT •
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S "MOST COURAGEOUS" PLAYER •

• FIRST TEAM ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE (1981 & `82)•

• SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (1980) •

• LED SOUTHERN CONFERENCE IN SCORING (1982) •

• Made the first 3-point field goal in college basketball history on Nov. 29, 1980 versus Middle Tennessee State, a game Western won 77-70. The ball he used is on display at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The shot was made from the left corner with 16:09 left in the first half (7:06 pm). Carr actually took and missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 18:15 mark of the first half.

• Recipient of the "Most Courageous Athlete Award" given annually by the United States Basketball Writer's Association. After earning back-to-back first team All-SoCon honors, he missed his senior season after having a car accident prior to the start of the season. Despite serving as a student assistant coach for his final season, the Atlanta Hawks still selected Carr in the 10th round of the NBA Draft.

• Was a two-time first team All-Southern Conference selection and led the SoCon in scoring as a junior (19.0 ppg). Ranks 12th on WCU's all-time scoring list with 1,455 points in only three seasons.

• Ironically, Ronnie Carr wore #22 and the 3-point arc in that first year was 22 feet, instead of the now 19-feet, nine-inches. Carr chose #22 as a freshman and the 3-pont shot did not debut until Carr's sophomore season.

Background:

• While Carr made the first 3-pointer in NCAA history on Nov. 29, 1980, Western Carolina actually played a game the previous night, defeating the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 88-77, in Atlanta. However, Carr's historic shot had to wait one full game since the Southern Conference was the only league sanctioned by the NCAA to use the experimental 3-point shot.

• Although taking and making the first 3-point shot in NCAA history, Carr only sank eight 3-pointers in his junior season, a year which he led the Southern Conference in scoring (19.0 ppg).

• Western Carolina led the SoCon in 3-pointers made and attempted during the four-year NCAA/SoCon experiment (182-of-450 -- .404).

http://www.catamountsports.com/genrel/011205abc.html

MilfDriller · 05-06-09, 02:58 AM

Sad thing is Knight could never be good after a certain point in his career ... b/c society changed and now coach's have to suck their best players' dicks... rather than be coached by Knight.

The General · 05-06-09, 03:00 AM

So true. Neil Reed should have taken up ballet dancing, basket weaving or sewing instead of trying to play a sport that required discipline & toughness.

jjgold · 05-06-09, 05:19 AM

No team wins titles without great players

Brown is a fukkin idiot, Cleve does not even need a coach with James playing

ProfaneReality · 05-06-09, 08:56 AM

Mike Brown is a very good coach.. just look at the defensive statistics since he took over, that is his specialty and that is why he was hired. Last 2 years they have been 1 and 2 in the league. Thats not an accident, and thats not just Lebron.